The coming weekend is all set to be abuzz with frenetic activity on campus, with not one or two but three major events scheduled for the 15th to 17th of January – barely a week before the Grand Fest Season is declared open. Here is a quick peek at what the weekend-before-SF has to offer us:

Regional Symposium on Mathematics

A debut venture from the Mathematics Department, RSM-2010 has a simple objective – to celebrate and revitalize maths as a discipline. It comes packing with guest lectures from three eminent academicians – Prof. MK Ghosh of IISc, an expert on Financial Mathematics; Prof. Seema Nanda of TIFR, specializing in Mathematical Biology; and Prof. D Banerjee of IIAP, a professor of Astrophysics. Aside from events like Cryptic (a cryptanalysis challenge), Mathlete (a mini-olympiad) and Algorithmik (a fast-paced code jam), the fest also features a Scientific Paper Presentation Contest and workshops on Cryptography and SAS (the latter appearing to be a major crowd-puller with almost 200 registrations).

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Duration: 3-4 April 2010


Venue: IIT Kharagpur, India


Important Dates:


Full Paper Submission Deadline: 15 December 2009


Acceptance Notification: 15 January 2010


http://www.techsym.in


Freedom of ideation and excitement of being appreciated by peers can only but enhance a student’s quest for excellence. IEEE TechSym 2010 is your chance to see the limelight of technical emergence and professional glory. The two day event is aimed at a spectrum of students’ ranging from high school seniors desiring to take up a career in engineering to graduates of the last decade. Activities of interest include paper presentations along with technology quiz and technical design contest. Seasoned with expert sessions and plenary talks by experts in different domains of engineering, it will be a remarkable experience.
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Cicero, a trans-national advisory is organizing the Al Gore Sustainable Technology Venture Competition India in Kharagpur between November 6 and 7, with the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) and IIT Kharagpur as official partners.

The competition invites students from India’s apex institutes of engineering, science and technology, and management to come up with renewable sustainable technology business plans to combat climate change and fortify India’s and (by extension) the world’s energy security.
This prestigious competition offers cash prizes of Rs. 1,00,000 to the winning team and Rs. 70,000 to the runners-up, apart from providing an opportunity to interact directly with top-tier venture capitalists and entrepreneurs.

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Intro to “Advanced Master in Financial Engineering”, ESSEC Singapore, by Executive Director Mr. P. Lecomt.

Date: 27th Oct 2009

Time: 4:30 pm

Venue: Gargi Hall

Raj Bhasha Vibhag, IIT Kharagpur has lined up an interesting array of events on the ocassion of Hindi Divas on the 14th of September.

Highlights include a Hasya Kavi Sammelan and a guest lecture by Dr H C Verma (of  the “Concepts of Physics” fame) .

(Click on the thumbnail notices alongside for the schedule of events.)

For more details, contact :

Raj Bhasha Vibhaag    03222281718
Gagandeep Singh         9734437785
Dheerendra Mishra     9734437783

IIT Kharagpur, with active Alumni involvement, is launching a BioEnergy Center shortly. Prabha Sinha, an IIT KGP alum and Co-Founder of ZS Associates, is a part of the team leading the thinking and design of this center. He is also providing seed financial support for the initiative. He, along with other Center team members, are hosting a talk with the student community on Monday April 27th from 5:30 to 6:30 pm at the Gargi Hall (Vikramashila Complex). The talk is important for interested students to attend as it will address questions like ‘how can students contribute to the center and benefit from it?’.